Essential Survival Gear Catalog

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I am sure that you have your own hobbies. For those of you who are keen on gardening, these tips for your potted plant may be useful to ensure that your plants are looking nice and healthy. Unhealthy plants may give the impression of neglect.

Dust and dirt may accumulate on the leaves of your potted plant over the time. Apart from causing the leaves to look dull and dirty, they also clogged pores and prevented the cells to function properly. Your potted plant may become an eyesore instead of functioning as a decoration. Spend some time to cleanse your plant by sprinkling the leaves with water and dry them with damp cloth.

Some of the most common indoor herbs:
• Basil: Easy herb to grow from seed both indoors or outside. Requires the sunniest position.
• Thyme: Thrives well in the dry, indoor air but needs a lot of sunlight
• Parsley: A slow grower but needs very little sunlight
• Oregano: Needs a lot of light but has a variety of uses.
• Bay: Grows well indoors yearlong. Prefers filtered sun and rich soil in a cool place
• Sage: Likes direct sun
• Rosemary: Needs ample sunlight and is sensitive to over watering. A delicious and beautiful herb

How to Grow Herbs Indoors:
Herbs will be needing soil that is not too rich yet well drained. To make up the soil, just add two parts of a sterilizing soil containing a part of coarse sand or perlite for those herbs that are in containers. To make sure that there is good drainage, you may put an inch of gravel at the bottom part of the pot. There may also be supplements of a teaspoon of lime for every 5-inch pot to make sure that the soil turns sweet enough for the herbs. Those grown in pots will also be needing water. When the herbs are misted and when the pebbles are moist, the herbs will then be kept in humid conditions. Likewise, because they are grown inside, they should have more water as compared to those outdoors. However, just avoid the roots from getting too soggy.

Harvesting Indoor Herbs:
Use restraint when you harvest your indoor herbs. For the new growth, try to avoid taking more than half otherwise, it's time to get another plant.

For those of you who cannot spend too much time looking after your plant, but for some reasons you are keen to keep some potted plants, look out for the types that does not require too much attention. You may consider to adopt cacti or dracaena fragrans (also known as corn tree) since they do not require too much maintenance. And they can be planted in pots